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Tunisian female tennis champion Ons Jabeur insists she is ready to play in the French Open at Roland Garros. Recently, Jabeur suffered a calf injury that she now claims to have recovered from. “Definitely 100 per cent. I was training with a lot of players, moving normally. But, you always have it in your mind like what if something could… Read More

Fulgence Kayishema, one of four remaining fugitives sought for their role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, has been arrested in South Africa, UN investigators confirmed on Thursday. To the victims of genocide, the arrest offers a reprieve for justice during this time for commemorating. “It’s a great relief for Ibuka, for the survivors of the genocide, who have been thirsting… Read More

The conflict in Sudan has thrown the banking sector into chaos.  Many Sudanese have been locked out of their savings as the seven day ceasefire agreed last week approaches the end. “Previously, it was very difficult to transfer money, and it has become worse after the fighting broke out”, complained a resident in Madani who opted to remain anonymous.  Fighting… Read More

The Ugandan parliament has passed a bill that increases paternity leave from four to seven days to enable male working employees to help their spouses. “…it is important that more time be accorded to male employees to help their spouses,” Flavia Kabahenda, the chairperson of parliament’s gender committee, said after the passage of the bill. The MPs said they borrowed… Read More

The Tunisian national guard announced Thursday the arrest of a major smuggler already sentenced to a total of 79 years in prison, accused of having organized a departure of Tunisian migrants which ended in a shipwreck and 20 deaths. Two groups of investigators in Sfax, Tunisia’s second city and the starting point for a large number of illegal crossings to… Read More

Fulgence Kayishema, suspected of having played a key role in the 1994 Tutsi genocide in Rwanda, was tried in court in Cape Town on Friday, two days after his arrest on a South African farm, after being on the run for twenty-two years. The former fugitive is charged by international justice with genocide, complicity in genocide, conspiracy to commit genocide… Read More

A Nairobi-based green transport company unveiled a new charging station aimed at electric motorbikes. The station is aimed at “boda-boda” riders, the mainstay of the motorcycle taxi industry. Riders can have their batteries charged to 80% in less than an hour for an affordable fee. “The rider will come in with their battery, their own battery and we will be… Read More

Unemployment, homelessness, education and higher salaries, these are the main expectations of young Nigerians ahead of the inauguration on Monday of new president, Bola Tinubu. “I want to see change for Nigeria. Because every road in our country is damaged, because there is no change. But when Tinubu (president-elect Bola Tinubu, ed.) comes to office, we hope he changes that.… Read More

Senegal’s government websites are back online this Saturday after a cyberattack paralyzed the network on Friday. The attack was claimed by a group with alleged links to hacker group Anonymous. The attackers expressed their solidarity with Senegalese citizens and their right to freely choose their president. The attack took place against a background of increased tensions regarding the future of… Read More

Tens of thousands of people are heading to South Sudan in a bid to escape the violence between Sudan’s military and a rival militia that has killed at least 863 civilians so far. Last Monday a 7-day ceasefire was agreed.  Many took the opportunity to head to the border with the world’s youngest nation. “We fled because of the war… Read More